PROVIDED SUMMARY
Coordinated Screening and Progress Monitoring; Specifying requirements for a school district if a student exhibits characteristics of dyslexia or dyscalculia; providing circumstances under which a student is required to undergo further screening for dyslexia or dyscalculia, etc.
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Plain English Summary
AI-GENERATED
Mandates immediate evaluation and intervention for students flagged with dyslexia or dyscalculia.
Schools must treat dyslexia or dyscalculia screening flags as reasonable suspicion of a disability. This triggers a mandatory request for parental consent for a full special education evaluation.
Interventions and progress monitoring must happen concurrently with the evaluation process. Districts may not use these activities to delay or deny the evaluation.
The State Board of Education must adopt rules setting performance thresholds, timelines, and parental notification requirements for further screening.
Further screening is strictly for instructional planning and communication. It is explicitly not a prerequisite for the interventions or evaluations required by the bill.
KEY PROVISIONS
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Mandatory intervention and evaluation for dyslexia/dyscalculia
majors. 1008.25(4)(d)
AISchool districts must immediately implement targeted interventions and seek parental consent for a full disability evaluation when screening flags dyslexia or dyscalculia.
“the school district shall: 1. Ensure that the student is covered by a plan under paragraph (b) which includes evidence-based interventions that are specific to the identified”
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AISchools cannot use ongoing screening or intervention activities to stall or block a student's formal disability evaluation.
“occur concurrently with the evaluation process and are not used to delay or deny an appropriate evaluation”
bill text, line 37 →
AIStudents meeting performance thresholds must undergo further screening even if the system does not explicitly identify dyslexia or dyscalculia characteristics.
“Any student whose performance in the system meets thresholds established by State Board of Education rule in circumstances in which the system is not capable of identifying”
bill text, line 66 →
AIThe State Board of Education must adopt rules setting timelines, performance thresholds, and parental notification requirements for further screening.
“The State Board of Education shall adopt rules establishing timelines, performance thresholds, and parental notification requirements for further screening under this subparagraph”
bill text, line 74 →
TIMELINE
3/13/2026
Died in Messages
3/6/2026
Passed; YEAS 34 NAYS 0 -SJ 654
3/6/2026
Read 3rd time -SJ 654
3/6/2026
Read 2nd time -SJ 654
3/3/2026
Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/06/26
2/25/2026
Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
2/24/2026
Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 22 NAYS 0
2/19/2026
On Committee agenda-- Rules, 02/24/26, 12:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
2/18/2026
Favorable by Appropriations Committee on Health and Human...
2/13/2026
On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Health and Human...
1/27/2026
Now in Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services
1/27/2026
Favorable by Education Pre-K - 12; YEAS 5 NAYS 0
1/22/2026
On Committee agenda-- Education Pre-K - 12, 01/27/26, 3:30 pm, 412...
1/16/2026
Referred to Education Pre-K - 12; Appropriations Committee on...
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